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Wilco to Tour U.S., Spain, and Portugal This Spring

1:47 p.m. · February 19, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

In support of their forthcoming DVD, Ashes of American Flags (due out on April 18 at indie retailers for Record Store Day, two weeks later for everywhere else), Wilco has announced a U.S. tour and a jaunt through Spain and Portugal that goes down in April, and lasts through June.

The band's string of U.S. dates is preceded by a pair of Tweedy solo dates in March, and Akron/Family join Wilco for a pair of dates in Spain in late May.

Wilco tour dates:

03.26 Burlington, VT: Higher Ground (Jeff Tweedy solo) *
03.27 Northampton, MA: Calvin Theatre (Jeff Tweedy solo) *
03.28 Beacon, NY: Beacon High Auditorium (Jeff Tweedy solo) (Benefit for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater)
04.14 Milwaukee, WI: Pabst Theatre
04.15 Milwaukee, WI: Pabst Theatre
04.16 Bloomington, IN: IU Auditorium
04.17 Athens, OH: Templeton.Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
04.18 Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Theatre
04.20 Athens, GA: Classic Center
04.21 Asheville, NC: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
04.22 Birmingham, AL: Sloss Furnaces
04.23 Oxford, MS: Lyric Oxford
04.25 New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
05.23 Tenerife, Spain: Tenerife Auditorium
05.25 Malaga, Spain: Teatro Cervantes **
05.26 Madrid, Spain: Teatro Calderon **
05.29 Seville, Spain: Territorios Festival, La Cartuja
05.30 Oporto.Braga, Portugal: Teatro Circo
05.31 Lisbon, Portugal: Lisbon Coliseu
06.01 Santiago de Compostela.Galicia, Spain: Palacio de Congresos, Sala Braque
06.03 San Sebastian, Spain: Kursaal
06.04 Barcelona, Spain: Auditori Barcelona
07.11.14 Manchester, TN: Bonnaroo Festival
07.22.25 Detroit Lakes, MN: 10,000 Lakes Festival
08.21 Erfurt.Hohenfelden, Denmark: Highfield Festival
* with Pronto
** with Akron/Family
[Pitchfork]